Blog posts — Japanese traditional Handprinted woodblock prints

歌川広重　名所江戸百景　　 "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" by　Utagawa Hiroshige (1797~1858)   Hiroshige's last work, ``One Hundred Famous Views of Edo,'' is a masterpiece of 120 illustrations (one of which was signed by the second generation Hiroshige and one was a catalogue), and is literally a monumental work that sums up his life's work as a painter. It's a truly masterpiece.   He was an ambitious artist who searched for the seasonal changes in people's affairs and moods in the outstanding landscapes of Edo's city center and suburbs, and discovered and registered new famous places.   A bold application of Western...

   From Series -   A Tour of the Waterfalls of the Provinces   葛飾北斎 By Katsushika Hokusai (1760~1849)    ``Shokoku Waterfalls'', a collection of eight pictures of famous places, is said to have been published around 1833, after ``Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji'' was published. It is a masterpiece and a masterpiece among Hokusai's landscape prints, and is an ambitious work that challenges the expression of ``water'' using famous waterfalls from all over Japan such as Edo, Nikko, Kiso, and Tokaido as subject matter. This work can be said to embody Hokusai's artistic pursuit of depicting the essence of a motif...

Ito Jakuchu (1716~1800)                                                                    

Fukuda Suiko (1895～1973)                                                

Asano Takeji (1900～1999)     Shinhanga